[geeks] New Itanium machines from SGI

[Kurt Huhn]

Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:

>    Umm, compared to what, exactly?  These are the numbers that I see.
> 
> proc          clock   SPECint    /cyc   SPECfp   /cyc
> -----------------------------------------------------
> R12000        400     353       0.882   407      1.017
> Pentium-III   1000    462       0.462   340      0.340

This explains a lot.  I mentioned that my Octane took on new life when I
upgraded to an R12k processor - and now I have something to compare it to. 
Granted, mine is 300Mhz instead of 400Mhz, but you can extrapolate the
figures based on clock speed, I think.

I consider my Octane to be quite a speed demon.  I can't even imagine what
the R14000A processors running at 600Mhz can do.  Oh my!

I wonder how much those are to lease...

-- 
Kurt
kurt at k-huhn.com